Mechanism for counting and wrapping coins.



P. HOGHGURTEL.

MECHANISM FOR COUNTING AND WRAPPING coms.

APPLICATION FILED LAPR.14, 1910. I 973,658, Patented Oct. 25, 1910.

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UNITED STATES PATENT "OFFICE. I

PETER nocneiira'rnn, or 1 3mm, GERMANY."

MECHANISM FOR COUNTING AND COINS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pat'ented Oct. 25, 1910. Application filed April 14, 1910. Serial No. 555,413. A

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER Hoorrcfin'rnn, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, re-' siding at 41. Lohrstrasse, Koblenz, Germany,

have invented anew and useful Improved- Mechanism for Counting and rapping Coins, of which the following is a specification. v v

lhis invention relates to a money handli'ng machine of the kind in which the coins piled up in a tube are removed from the-tube by means of a revolving disk moving in front of the orifice of the tube and provided with holes for the reception of the coins, and the said coins are counted by registeringthe number of turns of the disk.

A machine of this kind is, in accordance with the present invention, provided with -a number of important improvements and especially connected with a device which receives the counted coins in predetermined number in paper wrappers, closes these latter, and finally deposlts the finished rolls of money in proper order in a receptacle.

The improvements and the new apparatus can be more exactly explained in combination with the rest of the machine by aid of the drawing.

Figure 1 shows a vertical section throu h the upper part of the machine, the coin counting apparatusproper', in combination with the coin plate andthe insertion chute. Fig. 2 shows a vertical section through the entire machine with the device for the rolli up, closin and delivery of the money r0 Fi 3 s ows a plan view of the ma- .chine wit 4 shows the outline of t e drum for the re-' the countin mechanism. Fig.

ception ofthe paper envelops together with the apparatus or the movingo the drum. Fig. 5 shows another vertical section through the device for closing the money rolls. Fig. 6 showsthe corresponding plan view. Fig. 7 shows a detail of the counting machine, namely, the device for locking the counting disk in the case of the money tube being empty or in the case of an lrregularity. Flg; 8 is a plan view of the chute 2, showing the course of a coin in its descent;

' and Fi'. 9 is an enlarged detail sectional view 0 one of the chambers 44, containing a wrapped roll of coins.

Referring in detail to these drawin the coin plate 1 serves as a rece 'tacle or the coins to be counted. From 1; is plate they are pushed by hand into the chute 2, and through this arrive into the upright tube 3 in which they arrange themselves flat one above another. The tube 3 is open and connects with slight play to the revoluble perforated disk 5 which rests upon a fixed supporting plate 4. ,Said disk carries with it during its revolution the coins that gravitate into the holes 6. For a regular counting it is moreover of great importance that the coins in the tube '3 always lie flat upon one another, and not in the u right position. This is accomplished with the greatest certainty by means of the s ecial construction of the feed chute 2; In t is chute, regard is first had to the very coins. As is well known, coms which have been in use for a long time have often a greasy especially 1n saloons. It 1s evidentthat coms of such different nature will act differently when they a're passed into the tube 3. The sticky coins will slip less easily over the guiding'track than the smooth and clean ones, and consequently they may easily occasion stoppages. In the present machine these stopp es are entirely-prevented'by the s ias ape 'ven to the chute 2, as best i u'strated m Fig. 9. This is firstly, in contradistinction to the already known delivery chutes, considerably wider than the diameter of the coins and convergesj'constantly toward the filling tube, without however, converging to the diameter of the coins or of the tube 3.

- The cross section of the chute, which is bent in the form of a horn, corresponds at each oint of its course to a curve, so that the c ute forms a casing without any flat part.- Because of this construction the coins touch the chute at each sta e of their travel.

at two or three points of t eir rims sothat they can never -remain sticking even if their surface is sticky, and will all assume a uniform speed. In consequence of. the con- -vexed, curved and inchned formation of the chute the coins glide down it alon a track freely takenby themselves, but t ey do not come immediately upon the vertical axis of the coin tube, but ass first in atangential course past the ori ce thereof, wherey they receive a twirl which is of particular importance for theregular disposal of the coms in the tube." The said twirl renders it impossible for any coin to take the varying nature of the lines, Fig. 9.

If the chute is long enough the coins can be pushed forward quite unregulated from the plate 1, because they assume immediately the regular sequence. Of course the number of the coins put in must bear a proper relation to the number of the coins passing away from the tube in order to prevent overfilling; The sticking together of the coins, as easily occurs with stlcky and greasy coins, is moreovereflectively pre vented by providing the bottom of the channel with ridges 2 vertical to the curved axis thereof.

Through the holes 6 of the counting disk 5, the coins are removed one by one from the lower orifice of the tube 3 and carried away. The disk lies flat upon the end support 4. Immediately after its removal from the tube, each coin falls through an opening 7 of the end support into the paper envelop placed beneath it. As soon as the last coin has been removed from the tube the perforated disk must be stopped in order that the counting device shall always indicate the correct amount. This is effected by means of a two-armed lever 8, the pivot of which lies above the plate 4 and one arm thereof engages through an opening of the plate so that it comes to lie underneath the same. The end of this arm is forked and engages with both fork ends from below through two apertures 9 of the plate 4. The apertures lie exactly under the coin tube 3 so that the fork ends are depressed by the weight of'the coin in the plate 4. The lever 8 is so counterbalanced that the weight of a single coin suffices to depress it. Consequently as long as there are coins in he tube 3 the lever 8 is kept out of action, but. as soon as the last coin has been removed, the fork ends engage. in the next 0 ening of the counting dlSk and hold it ast. The fork'construction of the end of'the lever has for its object to prevent a depressing of the lever by coins which may accidentally stand edgewise. As will be seen from Fi 7 an edgewise -standing coin cannot reac the fork ends but will touch only the, under plate between the openings 9. In consequence' of this arrangement, the counting will therefore be interrupted with certainty even in the case when by some unusual accident a coin should have passed edgewise into the tube.

The revolutions of the perforated disk are transmitted by means of cone gearing'to the the nut can therefore be 1' catch 26. Upon the screw spindle 10, and are recorded b means of a countin nut or matrix 11. T e fractions of a dis revolution are transmitted by the shaft of the perforated disk immediately or by means of a pair of toothed wheels to a circular index 12. If the perforated disk contains, for instance, ten apertures, then 100 revolutions of the disk of the screw spindle will indicate 1,000 coins. After attaining the highest fi re on the disk, the counting nut 11 has a vanced so far that it is adjacent to the cone wheel of the disk axle. At this moment the nut, by means of a projection 13, encounters a projection 14 on the cone wheel, whereb the apparatus is brought to a standstill. 11 order to cause the index nut to return quicklyto the zero position, it is so constructed that it does not entirely surround the spindle 10 but only rests upon-the same at one side, or is divided. By means of suitable rojections 15, d ,from the spindle against the pressure of a spring (not shown in the drawing) and can be restored to its initial osition. In order to be able to bring the circular-scale 12 also back into the zero position, thelever 8 must be depressed, which is efl'ected by means of a spring pin 16. A ratchet wheel 7 on the spind e'shaft 10 prevents any turnlng backward of the machine itself.

The counted coins traveling with the disk 5 fall through the opening 7 of the under plate and are received in one of the paper wrappers 18 placed vertically underneath the same. These wrappers are placed in receivers 1.9 which are carried upon a disk 21- which is revoluble around-the vertical shaft 20. As soon as one wrapper is filled, the

disk 25 and the lever 27 moves the dis 21 one division farther by means of the spring lever 27 is journa-led,-t ere is journaled another locking lever 29 which engages a toothed disk 21, and thus interrupts the ivot on which the transmission each time at the right moment. For the urpose of manually rotating the disk 21 during the adjustment of the mac ine, the lockin lever 29 may be disengaged from said disk y engang said lever at its end, with the fingers. or this purpose,.said end as shown at 29'. A furt er locki catch 30 preventsany turning backward o the disk.

- protrudes through 'alfo ixemng in the casing Although a mechanism of this kind permits of a very quick motion of'the disk 21, there might nevertheless be troubles easily caused by the fact that in course of operation, come, in passing from the orifice 7, ma tend to fal between the filled and the ed envelops, In order to render such an accident impossible, the perforated disk isnot provided with holes in the parts which pass over the opening 7 during the motion of the disk 21, so that the next coins from the tube 3 can only pass out after the next envelop has been completely adjusted to the correct position. From the metal cases which are opened below, the filled money rolls fall through an opening 31 of the disk and through a.tube 32'which is somewhat widened at its upper end into. the closing apparatus placed underneath the same. The opening 31 is so placed that the filled wrappers are carried only one division by the disk 21; whereby they are ejected by gravity through the opening 31, whereby an unnecessary weighting of the disk 21 is avoided and thereby the motion is assisted.

The closing mechanism consists essentiall of a cylindrical roller 33 with vertical sha and a cylindrical casing 34 arranged concentric thereto. The roller is enveloped at one part with an elastic cover 35. The cylindrical casing 34 rests with its lower edge upon a plate 36, while on the upper edge a cover 37 provided witht'eeth rests elastically upon it. The height of the casing 34 corresponds exactly to the height of a filled -m oney roll. The ends 38 and 39 of the easing are turned inward in such a manner that they press against the convexity of the money roll. This roll then passes through the tube 32 into the locking mechanism and remains finally stationary at the end 39 of the cylindrical casing. The projecting .rim of the paper wrapper extends above the lid 37. As soon as the roller 33 is turned in the direction indicated by the arrow, the elastic support 35 propels the money roll along the casing 34 with it, whereupon the projecting edge of the wrapper is pressed down by the toothed part of the lid 37 and the roller is then closed. In this condition it reaches the other end 38 of the casing where it is held fast by the bent portion.

The actuation of-the roller is effected by aid of wheels 40 driven from the shaft 24 of the gearing. The elasticity of the'cover 37 causes it to fit any small irregularities in the height of the roll resulting from coins of unequal thickness.

\Vhen released from the elastic sup ort of the roller the closed money r0 1 falls through an opening 41 into the receptacle placed underneath it, This receptacle is devised to prevent an irregular tumbling about of the rolls. From the opening 41 the money roll first passes into a tube 42 and then reaches a wheel 43 with four chambers 44 arranged at right angles one to another. The wheel is revolubly supported in a casing 45 'upon the axle 46 and is turned by the weight of the money roll falling into it.

The chambers have covers 47 passing to the outside. with the money roll is kept closed by the cover 47 until the roll through the turning of the wheel has arrived at the'horizont-al position. Then the lid is released from contact with the edge 48 of the casing. at 48 and can open downward so that the money roll falls out. It passes then over a sloping plane 49 which is indicated in the drawing in section, and falls into a collecting receptacle. Until another roll'enters the box, the wheel is held in its position by means of a weak spring 50.

What I claim is:

The cover of the chamber filled 1. In combination, amechanism for counttures therein for carrying'the coins, an en-' velop carrier, means automatically actuating said carrier, an envelop closing mechanism under said carrier, and means for transferring the envelops containing the coins from said carrier to said closing mechanism by gravity.

2. The combinationin a machine for assembling, counting and wrapping coins of like denomination, of the curved delivery channel 2, ridges on the bottom of said channel, a vertical terminal tube on said channel, a rotatory counting disk adapted to receive consecutivelythe coins falling through said tube, counting mechanism actuated by the rotation of sald disk, means for consecutively conveying coins from the disk into envelops, and means for closing and delivering the filled envelops. Y

3. The combination. in a machine for assembling, counting, and wrapping in rolls coins of like denomination, the curved delivery channel 2, ridges on the bottom of said channel, a vertical terminal tube on said channel, the rotatory disk 5, said disk having perforations arranged concentrically 5. The combination in a machine for as-' sembling, counting, and wrapping coins of like denomination, the curved feed channel 2, ridges on the bottom of said channel, a "ertical terminal tube on said channel, the rotatory disk 5, said disk having apertures arranged concentrically therein and adapted to allow coins to pass therethrough, imperforate sections in said rotatory disk which pass beneath the orifice of the coin delivery tube, the plate 4, the weighted lever arm 8 adapted to be held down by the pressure of the coins in the coin tube, forked ends on said lever adapted to pass through openings in the'plate 4, means for consecutively conveying coins from the disk into envelops, means for shifting the envelops horizontally, and means for closing and delivering the filled envelops.

6. In combination with apparatus for arranging and counting coins of like denomination, the rotatory disk 21, envelop holders 19 concentrically arranged on sald disk,

- means for filling the envelops, meansfor rotating the base plate periodically after each envelop is filled, the roller 33, the casing 34 so placed with regard to the roller 33 that each filled envelop falls between them, a roller cover 35 cooperating with the casing 34 to roll the wrapper around its contents, the toothed closing cover 37 adapted to fold over and press down the open end of the coin envelop during the action of the parts 33, 34, and 35, and means for consecutive delivery of the filled and closed envelops.

7. In combinationwith apparatus for arranging and counting coins of like denomination, the rotatory disk 21, envelop holders 19 concentrically arranged on said disk, means for filling envelops within the holders, means for shifting the envelop holders periodically as each envelop is filled, the roller 33, the casing 34 so placed with regard to the roller 33 that each filled envelop falls between them. a roller cover 35 cooperating with the casing 34 to roll the wrapper around its contents, the cover 37 adapted to fold over and press down the top end of the coin envelop, the wheel 43 v placed underneath the base plate 41, boxes 44 on said wheel each adapted to receive a filled wrapper and closed coin envelop, and to be r0- tated 90 by the weight thereof, and a slopmg plane 49 adapted to guide the roll from the box 44 to a receptacle.

8. In combination, apparatus for counting and packaging coins, comprising a coin receptacle, a feed channel, a conveyer, an envelop carrier, means actuating said carrier, means directing coins from said conveyer to envelops in said carrier, an envelop closing mechanism, means directing the envelops from said carrier to said closing mechanism, and a vertically rotatable delivery mechanism to receive and deliver the closed rolls of coins.

And in testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PETER HOCHGURTEL.

Witnesses:

LOUIS VANDORN, Bessie F; DUNLAP. 

